PM sanctions compensation for Guwahati blast victims

April 23rd, 2009 DISPUR - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur on Thursday cast their votes here during the second phase of the general elections. Authorities beefed up security at Booth number 156 located at the Dispur Government Higher Secondary School at Sarumatoria, where Dr.

April 6th, 2009 GUWAHATI - The State of Assam was on Monday rocked by four blasts in which eight people killed and over 61 injured. At least three people have been injured with no reports of any casualties in the fourth bomb blast, which has occurred just 14 minutes after third blast was reported in Dhubri district near the Indo-Bangla border.

April 6th, 2009 GUWAHATI - At least one person died and four others injured in third bomb blast of the day in Assam's Dhubri district near the Indo-Bangla border at 7:16 evening. Earlier in the day, two incidents of bomb blasts were reported in different places of the State-Maligaon area in Guwahati city and Dhekiajuli, an industrial city of Sonitpur District.

April 6th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Four men were killed and 15 injured in a blast here Monday, police said, adding that the authorities suspected the hand of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) rebels behind the blast in Assam's largest city.

April 6th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Assam was rocked by a series of bomb explosions and grenade attacks Monday killing eight people and wounding 60, a day ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to the state. A police spokesman said there were three explosions and two grenade attacks in different parts of the state, including one at a police station.

April 6th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Six people were feared injured in a second bomb blast in the Dhekiajuli area of Sonitpur District this afternoon. The incident occurred soon after a bomb blast had claimed six lives in Guwahati's Maligaon area.

April 6th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Six people were injured when a blast ripped through a crowded marketplace in Assam's Dhekiajuli town Monday, barely two hours after an explosion in Guwahati killed six people. Dhekiajuli is about 150 km north of Assam's main city of Guwahati.

April 6th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Four people were killed and 15 injured in a powerful car bomb blast in the Maligaon area of Guwahati on Monday. According to police officials, the hand of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) is suspected.

April 6th, 2009 GUWAHATI - At least seven people were killed and 50 injured Monday when three blasts in quick succession rocked Assam's marketplaces, including in its main city Guwahati, a day ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to the state. The first blast took place in Guwahati's busy Maligaon area around 1.45 p.m.

April 6th, 2009 GUWAHATI - At least six people were killed and 30 wounded, eight of them critically, when a powerful bomb exploded at a crowded market in this Assam city Monday afternoon. Police blamed the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) for the attack and said it took place in the busy Maligaon area of Assam's main city of Guwahati around 1.45 p.m.

March 31st, 2009 GUWAHATI - One person was killed and 16 others were injured in a powerful explosion Tuesday in Assam, minutes before External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee was to address an election rally close to the blast site, officials said. A police spokesman said the bomb was planted on a parked motorcycle near a crowded marketplace in Lalganesh area of Assam's main city of Guwahati.

March 31st, 2009 GUWAHATI - At least one person was killed and 15 others were feared to be injured in a bomb blast that occurred at about 6.00 to 6.15 p.m. at Jyoti Kuchi area in western Guwahati.

January 8th, 2009 GUWAHATI - At least three people were killed and 10 others injured in a powerful explosion Friday evening at a crowded marketplace in Guwahati, the main city in India's restive northeastern state of Assam, officials said. A police spokesman said the blast took place near the Maligaon railway crossing market in Guwahati.

January 8th, 2009 GUWAHATI - At least two people were killed and eight others injured in a blast that took place in the market place in Guwahati's Maligaon area Friday evening, the police said. According to the police, the toll is likely to mount.

January 8th, 2009 GUWAHATI - At least three people were killed and 10 others injured in a powerful explosion Friday evening at a crowded marketplace in Guwahati, the main city in India's restive northeastern state of Assam, officials said. The police suspect the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) to be behind the blast.